Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

The much awaited annual Microsoft event Microsoft Tech Ed 2009 is slated for May 11 to May 15 at Los Angeles, CA. Tech Ed 2009 will be a five day event focusing on knowledge and expertise on Microsoft products. You can learn about today’s cutting edge trends, helping you make life easier for you (and everyone else) at work. The even also gives an opportunity for ... Full story

A nasty worm called Downadup worm has infected millions of computers and continues to spread. This many security experts believe is precurser of the evil deeds to come. According to US software protection firm F-Secure the computer worm is known as Conficker, Kido or Downadup had infected more than nine million computers by Tuesday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily (wow). ... Full story

Microsoft today released a Security update MS09-001 rated as Critical to patch the vulnerabilities in SMB that could Allow Remote Code Execution "This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on affected systems. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could install programs; view, change, or delete ... Full story

IBM has launched online services for business collaboration based on lotus platform. This makes them a key challenger to Google (Google Apps), and Cisco (webex). IBM has tied together parts of its Lotus, Rational, and Tivoli software to appeal to Small and Mid size Business and departments in larger corporations, because of the minimal up-front costs and maintenance.This is a "cloud-services initiative" of ... Full story

Learning from the trend now Microsoft is seriously considering offering its MS Office application online like Google Apps a Cloud Computing application. Industry sources point out that Microsoft conducting tests for technology which will enable Web hosting service providers to offer the Office suite via an emerging technology called application streaming. Such a development means that Microsoft, with the huge data ... Full story

Microsoft has launched Office Live (http://www.officelive.com) applications like Google Apps based on SaaS (Software as a Service) model. I was just comparing the Office Live with Googles Apps and here are some important points:LinksOffice Live: http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/Googles Apps: http://www.google.com/awe have done a quick comparison of free editions for small business ... Full story